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Deal Castle
29 Aug - 01 Sep
Deal Food & Drink Festival 2024 with Deal-Live Comedy Evenings
The real summer party is here, as the Deal Food & Drink Festival celebrates its 9th glorious year of culinary connections with the local community joining the Zoom crew for the annual serving of seaside sublimity.
Zoom Events invite you to a delightful dalliance in Deal at a venue flanked by a historical castle to one side and the English channel to the other, the popularity of the Deal Food & Drink Festival grows year on year. A feast of features include a live music stage, beach bar marquee, street food court, fairground rides, children's comedy shows and an exciting range of stalls from great grocery foods to quirky crafts.
Come and join us at this most scenic of cinque ports location for this long running, fun packed family festival. #DealFoodFest
Opening Times:
Thursday 12am – 6pm
Friday 10am – 6pm
Saturday 9am – 6.30pm
Sunday 10am – 5pm
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Enjoy our Town-Live! events running alongside Deal Food & Drink Festival – get your tickets for our stand up comedy evenings on Friday and Saturday evenings here soon!
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For trader/act registration and event information please visit:
Market Square Group
Visitor Info
This free to enter event is located just a short stroll from the town centre along the promenade. Come to the festival and stay for the day enjoying the unique attractions of a town with history, charm and a community that welcomes independent events. And don’t forget to check out the Special Stand up Comedy Evening (ticketed).
Downloads
A PDF A5 Flyer and A format Poster will be available for download here nearer the event.
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Deal Castle
Deal
Kent
CT14 7BA
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Mat Wills
Biography/Info
An engaging mini man powerhouse, who puts audiences at ease with his deft crowd and cheeky East End vibe. Notts Comedy Review says he’s got “Impressive quick thinking” – they haven’t even seen anything yet!
Headliner: Lovdev Barpaga
Biography/Info
The 2017 UK Pun Champion, has the kind of effortless and gentle likeability that is completely unique in the comedy world. Entire crowds seem to fall in love with him from the start and as much of his incredible humour as for his undeniable charm.
Often laughing as much as his audience, here’s a man in love with his job and it shows. You can’t help but laugh along with him: The ultimate feel good comic.
“The 21st Century Asian Ken Goodwin” – STEVE BENNETT
“One of the most brilliant daft comics you will ever see” – JOE LYCETT
Totally hilarious…effortlessly funny” – JO ENRIGHT
Tiziano La Bella
Biography/Info
Tiziano La Bella discusses his Catholic childhood, the incoherence of the Italian fascists and his challenges as an immigrant in the UK. Tiziano loves to touch the nerves of the audience, in order to get them involved to generate a reaction. He offers his surreal point of view to his audience who get the chance to laugh with him – or to beat him up right after show!
Michael Hackett
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The Mega tall (6’7”) world touring Manchester born comedian and outrageous new dad, lets loose his overwhelmingly funny literary account of life as a practising dentist. In his previous life Michael quit French clown school to join the circus as a trapeze artist, which inevitably ended badly! He shares his hilarious antics in a no-holds-barred comedy style with wit charm and honesty… are you ready for this!
Prakash Jirjadahun
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Dividing the room addressing cultural dilemmas according his Mum v the rest of the world, Prakash brings the room back together with his blunt and charming conclusions on life love and thought provoking laughter.
Russell Arathoon
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Russell Arathoon – explodes onto the stage delivering a rollercoaster of high energy, one liners, double entendrés with his hilarious everyday observations.
Finalist for Edinburgh Fringe’s ‘So you think I’m Funny’, Russell won both Hastings ‘New Comedian of the Year’ award’, and King Gong at London’s Comedy Store. Do not miss this!!!
Headline: Jack Skipper
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Runner up of So You Think You’re Funny? And Komedia new act award. His online comedy content has gained him over 13 million likes on TikTok. Whether telling stories of life as a family man or delivering observations on working-class life, his everyday guy persona is a win with audiences. “Delivery that commands the room and a no-nonsense outlook that gels into strong punchlines” – Steve Bennett, Chortle
Joseph Emslie
Biography/Info
Joseph Emslie has been the number one go-to gluten-free comic on the circuit since he started gigging in 2016. His easy conversational manner, anecdotal, and sometimes self-deprecating, style of comedy has helped him secure him some early critical acclaim by taking the runner up place in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2021. In 2022, Joseph was a finalist in the Musical Comedy Awards.
“A hilarious walk down memory lane” THE HERALD
“A fun examination of nostalgia and nerdiness” WIRED MAGAZINE
Adam Morrison
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Headline act Adam Morrison grew up on the Isle of Sheppey and dreamed of a life beyond working-class Kent. Now he’s bringing up his own kids…in working-class Kent.
“Very funny!” PATRICK MONAHAN
“One to watch” STEPHEN K AMOS
Mel Byron
Biography/Info
MC Mel Byron has performed stand-up all over the UK. She has taken two solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe and has performed at Fringes in Brighton, Manchester, and Hastings, among others. Mel is an experienced MC and has hosted comedy nights for a variety of promoters including Funny Women and Much Laughter.
“May just make your day” THE SCOTSMAN
“Simply Superb” TREEHOUSE COMEDY
Alexis Coward
Biography/Info
Alexis Coward’s comedy is based on her awkward stumbles through adult life. Alexis has performed across the UK, Australia and once in a pub in Canada. Alexis’s disarming storytelling style is ‘adequate’ according to her family. And ‘quite funny…not Gervais’ by a man in a blue polo shirt in Reading, UK.
“Coward’s ability to connect with such casual grace makes you feel like you know her.” HOP COMEDY
Adam Morrison Jones
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MC Adam Morrison Jones is a high-energy comedian from Dover who’s happy performing anywhere, from Bingo halls to rock festivals.
“A rock ‘n’ roll Peter Kay” DEAL RADIO
“I really love this act” ” STEPHEN MULHERN